klettern
[ˈklɛtɐn]
The verdict
“klettern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,051
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einem höher gelegenen Ort hinaufsteigen oder von solch einem Ort heruntersteigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-klettern · klettern · German
klettern · rank #9,051 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,051
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH isoliert
Nearest frequency peer: isoliert (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „klettern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- IC
IC
90,953 corpus weight
- Irrtum
Irrtum
90,952 corpus weight
- isoliert
isoliert
90,951 corpus weight
- klettern
klettern
90,950 corpus weight
- Kläger
Kläger
90,949 corpus weight
- Korb
Korb
90,948 corpus weight
What this shows „klettern“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klettern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈklɛtɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „klettern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around klettern (IPA [ˈklɛtɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,051 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for klettern, with forms such as "kelttern", "kklettern", and "kletern". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "klettert", "Klöstern", "kletterte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is klettern, spelled K-L-E-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1zu einem höher gelegenen Ort hinaufsteigen oder von solch einem Ort heruntersteigen
- 2einen Berg oder Fels, eine künstliche Anlage nach bestimmten sportlichen Regeln besteigen und gegebenenfalls wieder absteigen
- 3mehr werden, zunehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klettern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Katze klettert blitzschnell auf den Baum.
„Migranten stürmen auf Melilla – Die Menschen kamen aus afrikanischen Ländern südlich der Sahara. Sie kletterten über einen hohen, mit Stacheldraht versehenen Zaun, der Melilla von Marokko trennt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kelttern
- kklettern
- kletern
- kletetrn
- klettenr
- kletternn
- kletterrn
- klettren
- kllettern
- kltetern
- lkettern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of klettern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "klettern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).